Improved power-apparatus for vehicles



J. G. DILLA-HA.

Velocipede.

. Patented Aug. 17', 1869.,

Wzesses @wat @Wina JOHN o.Y DILLAHA, OE, WAGO, TEXAS, AssIGN'OE To HIMSELE, EO'BEET M. BOONE, AND NATHAN D. BAILEY, OE oIIIoAGO, ILLINOIS.

'- Leners Patent Iva; 93,686, 4@haar August 17, 186e.

IMPROVED POWER-APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the Sama To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, J OHNv G. DILLAHA, of Waco, in the county of McClellan, and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Application of Power to Vehicles and I hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thelet-ters of reference marked thereon.

M y invention consists of a rim-wheel or wheelsin combination with a truck or trucks, resting npon the inner and lower part of the rim, and supporting a carriage-body or` frame, anda crank-shaft, with one orA more pinions', and guide-rollers.

v In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a side view of my mode of applying power to vehicles. f I

Figure 2 is a top view of the same, showingone of the rim-wheels in section. p l .5

In the construction of my machine, I make a rim, A, with an internal gear, and alsofa smooth flange bearing, A', fig. 2. :4

Resting on this ange-bearing is a truck, B, which supports one end of the frame 0. l

Upon the yframe is a crank-shaft, D, carrying abaiance-wheel, E, and two pinions, F, which engagefwith the internal gear of the rim A.

The frame also carries the shaft of the guide-rollers.

G, which bear upon the internal ange of the I'iinwheel A.

Now, power being applied to the connecting-rod H,

the crank is set in motion, with the fixed pinions F,

and thus motion is communicated to the vrim A, and

to the whole vehicle.y v

The axleI is'pivoted at 'its,centre, and provided with a ratchet, K,'and lever'L, forsteering the vchicle.

The pinions F may be made larger, to increase the speed, or smaller, to increase the power, 'as desired.

The trucksand guide-pinions are made with double anges, to keep them on the flange-bearing A', and the'trnck may be a single wheel, resting near the bottom of the rim-.wheel A.

By applying the power to the fore -part of the rim A, while the weight rests on 'the lowerpart of the rim, the tendency is to lift the weight from the truck B, and throw more or less weight upon the pinion F, and on the front of the rim A, thus employing the power to the greatest advantage. Y

By they above construction and operation, the rim A is a travelling track for the truck B, which supports the i'rame G and load.

If desired, the rim A may be applied to all the wheels, instead of letting the wheels M run' on the Y ground, as above represented.

, *i The machine Jmay be moved in either direction.

. VHaving -thus described my invention,

I .claim- 1. The two rims A A, having the insideiange and teeth, o'r the equivalent thereof, in combination with the crank-shaft, pinions, and the frame of the vehicle, substantially as herein set forth and described.

2. The combination of the! two rims A, the truck,

frame, crank-shaft, and pinions, with one or more guiderollers G, or the equivalents of said devices, substantially as set forth. l

, 3; The last, in combination with the axle I and wheels M, substantially as set forth.

J. G. DILLAHA.

Witnesses :E

A. Moons, DANIEL BREED. 

